hours transport, longer if you put icepacks in it, and when you’re done it folds flat so you don’t have to mess with a cooler. If you don’t think that’s long enough, a soft-sided cooler folds up when...

My fave is older than 2005 but it didn’t click with me until early this year: Candy’s tip to blanch nuts to remove rancid/stale surface oils. It really refreshes them and creates a clean slate for raw or toasted...

time focused on him, not your food prep. That’s why lasagne is such a good idea: everyone likes it, you can adapt it to his particular tastes (veggie, meaty, extra cheese, whatever) and you can make it in advance, clean up,...

I just finshed a batch of the Baba Ganoush. After roasting the eggplant on my grill until it was balckenedand soft, I brought it in to cool. While I was peeling it I noticed a lot of the juices had drained away. Not being a...

no longer had to can tomatoes or dry basil and parsley on cookie sheets. And all the meat came on those nice, clean plastic trays. Mom even took to using something food manufacturers call “Italian seasoning.” But she’ll also use...

No health concerns here, and I probably wouldnt alter my diet if I did. I also never feel guilty about foods I eat. I pretty much live for today. I eat, and drink what I want, alot of red meat, crab legs, lobster, ribs, butter,...

and is interested in — he remembers that my friend doesn’t like clams and considers his blue crab handrolls an aphrodisiac (she usually has several at the end of the meal), and when you go there the first time, he...

. Soft shell crab with mango and cucumber: The main thing I remember is the disgusting presentation that probably makes most of your mouths water. Half a crab, dipped and fried, legs dangling. Yuck. I think they may have stuffed...

Can’t believe that no one has mentioned Chip Nuts (peanuts with a potato crisp shell. Unique to eastern Canada.

which is gated off when the shop is closed. There is a drive through apparently but they haven’t removed the old menu from the chicken-y place that was there before so that confused me enough to make me just park and walk...

... gelato ... whatever you want to call it. It is toooo over-rated. It is judged on pedigree rather than taste, IMO. I got flamed for saying I liked Carvel. I do. It is WAY under-rated, especially the chocolate soft-serve. I...

is the organizer of the COTM (bless her volunteering heart—we’ve had several organizers over the course of the almost 2 years we’ve being doing COTM, so, she’s just one in a long tradition of honorable and...

container that didn’t need to be washed when we were done because we’d practically licked it clean. After we’d eaten that the owner came by and suggested the White Shrimp Ceviche which had pineapple and coconut,...

that they were closed on the weekends. We had the cab driver stop there on our way to the airport so we could pick up yet another soft shell crab po-boy for the ride home. I still dream of that wonderful sandwich... although...

Nick & Stef’s, McCormick & Schmick’s, Lawry’s, El Cholo in Santa Monica, Daily Grill, Engine Co. No. 28, Ciccada, Joe’s Crab Shack (yuck!)